Seventeen prominent figures in the country have endorsed a press release to "denounce the referral order issued by investigating judge Ricard Aristilde" regarding the tragic incidents of arson and looting that occurred in September 2022 in Saint-Marc. Published on Friday, February 9, 2024, the release describes the order as "political persecution."
Signatories including Camille Chalmers from the Haitian Platform Advocating for Alternative Development (PAPDA), Jean Claudy Aristil from the Observatory for Equality